Starbuck to Convert 8000 Stores to LED Lighting
After converting 1000 stores in the US to LED lighting, using LED products from GE, Starbucks plans to do the same in a total of 8000 stores worldwide by the end of 2010.
Starbucks Coffee Company has begun implementing its LED lighting conversion program that will help reduce energy consumption as well as utility and maintenance costs at Starbucks stores around the world.
As a separate part of the company's "long-term commitment to environmental stewardship," Starbucks has also entered into the construction phase of the US Green Building Council's LEED® Volume Certification pilot program, which will enable the company to reduce the environmental impact of its stores on a global scale with significant cost and time efficiencies.
Starbucks has begun implementing the LED lighting conversion program in all company-owned stores in the U.S. and Canada, and has already completed installation in more than 1,000 US locations.
It will expand the program to international markets in March 2010, aiming to complete installation in more than 8,000 company-owned stores around the world by the end of 2010.
Following global implementation, Starbucks projects a 7 percent per-store reduction in energy use. This improvement will contribute toward the company's goal of achieving a 25 percent reduction in energy use by the end of 2010.
